RE: JSP and MVC (newbie question)

I've heard of Java Server Faces but never really
looked into them. Thanks for the lead on info on using
JSF with WebSphere. I also downloaded the JSF
reference implementation and documentation from Sun. 

Thanks again for the tip. I'll check it out.

Kelly


--- "Bartell, Aaron L. (TC)"
<ALBartell@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> JSF (JavaServer Faces) does just that!  Aside from
> it's custom tag
> library (say JSP tag lib), and the tooling IBM has
> built for drag and
> drop UI development, it has a life cycle that it
> goes through that
> implements many features of MVC.  Check out this
> tutorial to learn more
> about JSF:
>
http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/websphere/techjournal/0401_barcia/
> barcia.html
> 
> This describes the lifecycle:
>
http://www.javaworld.com/javaworld/jw-11-2002/jw-1129-jsf-p2.html
> 
> HTH,
> Aaron Bartell 
> 
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> Sent: Thursday, November 04, 2004 2:15 PM
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> Subject: JSP and MVC (newbie question)
> 
> This is a newbie question about JSP and MVC. 
> 
> Since JSP is a scripting language to create
> servlets, why not use JSP to
> create controller servlets in MVC? 
> A JSP does not have to contain any HTML/XHTML tags
> at all.  It could
> contain 100% JSP tags and Java code.
> Using this kind of JSP for controllers would
> eliminate the need for the
> developer to compile code and allow greater
> flexibility where
> controllers are stored (servlet class files must be
> in the WEB-INF
> directory, but JSPs can be stored anywhere). 
> 
> However, I'm not experienced at Web development, and
> there's probably
> many things I'm not considering.
> Please enlighten me.
> 
> Thanks,
> Kelly
> 
> 
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